By Jolene Tien
Situation one: you turn on the TV and watch ESPN’s Sports Center, trying to check out the latest sports news around the world, but you feel frustrated with the all-English broadcasting. Situation two: you want to find out the latest results in the Chinese Professional Baseball League, but the only thing you get is information about the NHL playoffs or some rugby games that took place in another part of the world. If you have had this kind of experience, don’t worry! You have another option: the Videoland (VL) sports channel. VL sports channel is part of the Videoland TV network, which includes a Chinese movie channel, Hallmark movie channel, a Japanese channel, and a variety channel. On an ordinary TV station, sports news forms only an small part of news shows, but VL sports channel provides a daily half-hour sports news program mainly focusing on sports events in Taiwan. They also broadcast important foreign programs in Chinese, bringing the hottest games to the Taiwan audience. For example, they are now doing post-season NBA matches, which are extremely popular in Taiwan. VL sports channel not only broadcasts NBA games live but reports the latest game results in real time. Ordinary TV stations broadcast live sports games only when there’s a special event such as the Baseball World Cup or the Olympic Games, but on VL sports channel you have the world of sports around the clock. But not just sports: they also have travel programs, and even a traditional Chinese medicine program, which gives tips of how to prevent or avoid SARS. One of the most important advantages from VL sports channel is that the programs are more focused on local news and local issues. But if you are curious about other international sports details, maybe it would be easier to find them on an international sports channel such as ESPN or Star Sports. As far as I’m concerned, I’m happy to have both of them, giving us both local and international points of view. People in Taiwan are showing more and more interest in sports – not only playing sports but also watching them during our leisure time. Long live our sports channels! For the Videoland Sports Channel Website, visit http://sport.videoland.com.tw a
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Authors
The Taida Student Journal has been active since 1995 with an ever-changing roster of student journalists at NTU. Click the above link to read about the authors Archives
May 2024
|